San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-26
EDITORIAL BREvITIns

from drOuth, and corn crop 10 cut badly.
Rains even now would greatly improve
condition, but an average crop is now
past praying for.
SCORES OF citizens OF San Antonio are
summering In the hill regions Of Texas.
In this thing they are level headed.
Such residence discounts the discOm
forts Of northern watering places.
The cities and towns Ofthis state re-
ceiye about ST.. 900 more Of state school
funds this year than last year. The APP
portiOnment per capita, for each child
between eight ard sixteen years, Is
$3.50.
The morning wires bring the news Of
the death Of Jugde Advocate General
Drum, u. 5. A., al his country residence
In Fairfax county, Virginia, in the y
year of his age. He had been upon the
retired list since January 1881.
ONO naturally banks on the candi-
dacy Of John Sherman, but unless John
can show without shadow Of dOubt
that he can read his title clear to New
York, another man will be nominated
whose name is James.
BoODLER MCGARRIGLE, OF Chicago. en-
tiers his bath room while the sheriff
waits outside the door. He is still wait
ing. The eX-warden is missing and no
man knoweth the place of his hiding.
1t is generally supposed that boat and
McGsrrigle have silently drifted towards
the bold Canadian shore.
The New York Tribune Is . little sore
over POwderly's trouble. 1t is an I'M
necessary exhibition of sympathy
Where two or three X OF l.. are met to-
gether there seems to set enthrOned as
king-CODtentiOn. So long ne this state
of things exist, so long will the order
achieve only nOtOriety.
The democracy don't want Randall,
they have had enough Of Randall. they
want TO get rid OF Randall, and they
cannot get along without Randall. Ran
dali may be shelved by the party, bat
his revenue doctrines have many fol-
lowers in the new south.
MBGLYNN is in the hands Of his friends
and having a good time, but sooner or
later the reaction will come, and he will
find himself reduced to very snall pro-
portions as man. compared to his size
as priest OF Rome with revolutionary
ideas and determination to beard the
Holy See in disseminating them.
THIS is par excellence the age of illus
tration. Ii the descent into he'll" had
come out this year the ladder would
have been seen in the foreground. As
il Ia, some genius bringing out new
edition ofVirgil's Rneid gives map of
bell as an accompaniment to the sixth
book.
TIE rain which falls alike on just ana
unjust seems to be in doubt concerning
this part of the moral vineyard. When
the weather clerk makes up his mind
whether inaf HF npinaf
probably have the necessary moisture.
Nothing like fool prohibition campaign
for mixing things.
SOME OF the illustrated journals are
turning their attention to the inefiicien-
Cies and insuificienUies OF the telephone
service. The illustrations are pat. The
"hello" dialogues COmical and distress
ing as the actual occurrences and the
whole representations remarkably true
10 life. No more fruitful theme for the
humOrtsts with pen or pencil has been
unearthed this decade.
The fire tax of this country is almost
equivalent to the tax collected BY the
internal revenue collectors of these
United States. The one is collected by
Uncle sam, the other is levied BY old
carelessness but his returns are made
just as promptly and his bills are never
protested. The rate this year is n trifle
over $40, 100000 a month.
The closing of BerIner garden on last
SUNDAY to prevent that disgusting con-
test, as to who could most nearly con-
vert himself into swill tut, was wise.
humane and proper thing to do There
can be no question OF the authority of
the police to prevent such exhibitions
If they cannot be prevented any other
way than By closing the saloon. close it.
The Sunday law, obnoxious as it is, is
enough for such purposes, and this was
case where its enforcement will be ap.
proved by all right thinking people.
The democracy have their political
thermOmeteEs, bRrOmeters. hydrOmeters,
thermometers, electrOmeters and gas
OmeIers, all set with patent. back
action, complex, duplex lever, stem
winding, self-recOrding attachment TO
see what effect this G. A. Il fOOlishness
OF Growers combined with the battle flag
order will have upon the presidential
chances Of 1883. Grover and his faith
full ones will find out some time in No
vember OF that year.
IRELAND is now at the mercy of the
SaIisbury-Chamberlain gang. There is
no toryism sOrigOrOus as that OF a liberal
gone TO seed. Chamberlain is the be-
trayer OF liberal principles and rs such
goes down to history as the political
BENEDICT Arnold Of English liberalism,
He will find his dishOnorable level in
time and die unwept. unhUnOred ana I'M
sung. The GRAFTON that some hot Irish
patriot will pronounce over his grave
will be Interesting reading.
KENTUCKY, according to "Summer Va
patinD - has the hnnIr of oil
first woman to office as mayor OF any
municipality. Summer vacation is a lit
tie of. Kentucky Is not in the female
mayOralty business. Kansas has fe-
male mayor for little OGe-hOrse town
| OF lOO population In Sumner county, and
! there the glory OF such q peryersiOn of
masculine rights begins, eliminates and
| ends. There be those who think San
| Antonio would be benefited by
change to pettiCoat government. Per-
maps, most any change would be well
| come.
The eastern journals are oogitating
! over the reason why women are not
! sun struck as well as men. At least the
| statistics show that the number of the
fair and tender sex affected by heat are
but very small per cent Of the whole.
| One reason is that women carry para
soils, don't walk like race horses, don't
get excited on the streets; and another
is that well regulated woman never
allows herself 10 be sOn-struck. When
! the striking comes to be done 1t Ia the
masculine that willis every time. II lie
not natural for woman to be son
struck and so what more need be said.
LAREDO is waking up. More than q
score OF brick dwellings have been built
this season. Nearly 100000 worth OF